Topic: Business — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Led by State Grid’s local subsidiary, trial marks the largest single city-level adjustment of computing power load, says official newspaper
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[2026-07-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [China Telecom] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Led by State Grid’s local subsidiary, trial marks the largest single city-level adjustment of computing power load, says official newspaper
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[2026-07-16 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: TSMC, or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker, raised its 2026 spending and revenue outlook on Thursday morning, a move UBS analysts said "boosts confidence in the AI supply chain."
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[2026-07-16 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City receives 3.72 million visitors last month, driven largely by 10 per cent rise in mainland Chinese arrivals to 2.88 million
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[2026-07-16 20:06 UTC+10:00] [South and Southeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City receives 3.72 million visitors last month, driven largely by 10 per cent rise in mainland Chinese arrivals to 2.88 million
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[2026-07-16 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Egypt's foreign reserves exceeded $55 billion for the first time in the country's history last month, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday, but households in the country continue to await the effects of its macroeconomic improvement.
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[2026-07-16 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A by-product of LNG production, helium is critical for hi-tech industries including semiconductors, medical equipment and aerospace
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[2026-07-16 19:33 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A by-product of LNG production, helium is critical for hi-tech industries including semiconductors, medical equipment and aerospace
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[2026-07-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The full implementation of China’s curbs on rare earth exports could jeopardise $6.5 trillion in downstream production outside the country, potentially crippling several industries across continents, the International Energy Agency has warned.
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[2026-07-16 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Even as disasters in Spain and China dominate headlines, demand for defence and investment spending is crowding out climate mitigation
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[2026-07-16 18:30 UTC+10:00] [flooding] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Even as disasters in Spain and China dominate headlines, demand for defence and investment spending is crowding out climate mitigation
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[2026-07-16 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: NATO's 'eastern flank' members are at it again, seeking to hype an imminent Russian threat which they now say will target their critical infrastructure.
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[2026-07-16 17:39 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Japanese government is considering reviving naphtha stockpiling amid concerns over supply disruptions stemming from the Middle East tensions.
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[2026-07-16 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
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[2026-07-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Food security and trade ministers have already visited this year, with another, by Economy Minister Heleen Herbert, under consideration
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[2026-07-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Food security and trade ministers have already visited this year, with another, by Economy Minister Heleen Herbert, under consideration
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[2026-07-16 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russia is struggling to deliver all of the crude it’s being forced to ship overseas in the face of escalating Ukrainian drone strikes on its refineries.
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[2026-07-16 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK's economy grew by 0.1% in May, the latest official data has shown.
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[2026-07-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China has taken deleveraging actions amid wake-up call from South Korean market volatility
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[2026-07-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [China stocks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China has taken deleveraging actions amid wake-up call from South Korean market volatility
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[2026-07-16 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US' financial regulator has pressured activist hedge funds to reveal who is backing them. For Gulf family offices quietly co-investing in US markets, that means their names could soon be public.
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[2026-07-16 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s growing hunger for critical minerals partly drove the increase, but the tariff reduction is also fuelling trade in several new sectors
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[2026-07-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [African agricultural products] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s growing hunger for critical minerals partly drove the increase, but the tariff reduction is also fuelling trade in several new sectors
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[2026-07-16 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The tech rally has led to a major reshuffle in the Tokyo market. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara)
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[2026-07-16 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shares of HKEX have lost about 5 per cent so far this year, roughly in line with the performance of the Hang Seng Index
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[2026-07-16 14:21 UTC+10:00] [Bond Connect Southbound] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shares of HKEX have lost about 5 per cent so far this year, roughly in line with the performance of the Hang Seng Index
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[2026-07-16 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chemicals manufacturer Vynova's site in Tessenderlo in Belgium. A key European producer of plastic materials, Vynova sold its largest production site in Germany last month as the market is swamped with Chinese imports. (Vynova)
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[2026-07-16 12:52 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Visitors to Western Australia’s protected areas, including national and marine parks, provided the state’s economy with a $2.4 billion windfall in just one year, a new report has found.
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[2026-07-16 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: While India's services exports have grown at a compound annual rate of 9.3% over the past 12 years, goods exports have increased at barely a third of that pace. (Source photos by Reuters) © Reuters
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[2026-07-16 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 16, 2026 — 12:00pm
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[2026-07-16 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 16, 2026 — 12:00pm
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[2026-07-16 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s production of drug inputs has boomed in recent years, increasing market share and prompting fears of weaponisation in Washington
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[2026-07-16 11:59 UTC+10:00] [biotechnology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s production of drug inputs has boomed in recent years, increasing market share and prompting fears of weaponisation in Washington
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[2026-07-16 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In the unforgiving world of capital markets, money talks. And over a frantic June period, a staggering $3.5 billion in fresh equity flooded the ASX across 56 separate deals. If you follow the money, you get a very clear lesson in what the market is prepared to pay for at any one time.
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[2026-07-16 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita)
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[2026-07-16 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: South Korea's central bank hiked its benchmark policy rate on Thursday, raising them for the first time since January 2023 as inflation in the country creeps up. The Bank of Korea's 25 basis point hike that increased rates to 2.75% was in line with median estimates from economists polled by Reuters.
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[2026-07-16 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Several weeks ago we laid out the increasingly attractive proposition for global enterprises that are Chinese LLM: 95% of the latest US frontier model capabilities and 10% of the cost. Why pay the premium, when one way or another someone will steal your IP, be it Dario Amodei or Beijing?
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[2026-07-16 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With better-than-expected trade figures being followed by lower-than-expected GDP growth, Beijing will have to consider how to strike a balance
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[2026-07-16 09:15 UTC+10:00] [trade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With better-than-expected trade figures being followed by lower-than-expected GDP growth, Beijing will have to consider how to strike a balance
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[2026-07-16 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com
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[2026-07-16 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-16 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A legal battle is threatening to derail Paramount's Gulf-backed takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, with lawyers arguing it would lead to higher prices and fewer film and television choices.
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[2026-07-16 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: While the FIFA World Cup provided a tourism boost to host cities, its positive impact was mitigated by economic weakness seen elsewhere, according to a Federal Reserve report released Wednesday.
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[2026-07-16 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-16 05:58 UTC+10:00] [Malta] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former economy minister Chris Cardona and ex-chief of staff Keith Schembri named as being involved in 2017 murder of journalist
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[2026-07-16 05:18 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks are gaining ground following strong profit reports from BlackRock and other big companies and an update on the path of inflation.
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[2026-07-16 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive
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[2026-07-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Strike action by a combined ports union in the Pilbara will not cost the Australian and WA economies any royalties - rather, delaying them, according to Electrical Trade Union WA state secretary Adam Woodage.
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[2026-07-16 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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